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Agenda:

Introductions by Cathrine Brun followed by three presentations

1. Self-reliance and refugee economics in Uganda by Eria Serwajja and Hilde Refstie

2. 'I may stop being a refugee, but I always be a foreigner here': Exploring geopolitics and experiences of durable solutions in Latin America by Marcia Vera-Espinoza

3. Displacement Limbo: Reflections on approaches to durable solutions for IDPs in Georgia and Ukraine: By: Olga Ivanova, Julia Kharasvili and Sean Loughna (in alphabetical order)Discussion

Guests:

Dr Eria Serwajja is a Lecturer at the Development Studies Department of Makerere University, Uganda.

Dr Hilde Refstie is Associate Professor in Human Geography at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Dr Marcia Vera Espinoza is a Lecturer in Human Geography at Queen Mary University of London.

Olga Ivanova is a Head of the charity fund Stabilization Support Services (Ukraine), a manager and an activist.

Julia Kharashvili is the Chairperson of IDP Women Association “Consent” in Georgia –NGO working on protection of rights of IDP and conflict affected women.

Dr Sean Loughna is a political economist with over 20 years’ experience, and currently employed by IOM as a Consultant on IDP Profiling and Socioeconomic Research.

Chair:

Cathrine Brun, CENDEP. Cathrine is director of CENDEP and works on protracted displacement and the ethics and politics of the humanitarian response to such displacement.

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